Collector Kumar Deepak on Thursday wrote a letter to the Special Commissioner of Information and Public Relations requesting him to arrange an alternative officer.
Addressing the students, Mancherial Collector Deepak said that sports play a vital role in improving memory power, besides offering physical fitness and mental recreation.
The student, Shiva Krishna, said he received injuries on his fingers and other parts of the body when the principal beat him mercilessly by locking him up in a room for three days.